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From fine art to Photoshop: Sam Gilbey's illustrious career so far

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Come with us on a deep dive into the last twenty years of Sam Gilbey's freelance illustration practice. His illustrations have appeared everywhere, from billboards, comics, books, and magazines to licensed prints, exhibitions, movie packaging, TV, and film. And he has no plans to slow down anytime soon.

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Fresh impressions of the French landscape with Agathe Meunier

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Camille and Agathe work together on exhibitions, workshops, and small editions and take up residencies in various locations to create images of the area. I often see the purpose of the image only once I've created the print," she says. For example, Parcelles is an edition of small format images Agathe created while in Haute-Marne.

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Illustrator Danii Pollehn on how feeling lost led to her successful freelance career

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But the journey to her current destination as a freelance artist is a somewhat winding one. It's something of a surprise then to learn that Danii only truly embraced full-time freelance life fairly recently. But then, just as she had decided to become a full-time freelance illustrator, the pandemic hit.

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55 best coworking spaces for UK freelancers looking for a desk

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This is why coworking might just be the solution for budget-conscious freelancers everywhere. Projects Beach is a community for entrepreneurs, freelancers and businesses, offering coworking spaces, serviced offices, meeting rooms and venue hire in Brighton Lanes. Renting a desk in a cool shared space sounds so appealing.

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Food illustrator Tom Hovey talks Bake Off, Bristol and building a creative community

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Through the latter, he was invited to participate in group exhibitions and became involved with a collective called Daydream, which organised shows in London in the late 00s—the golden age of street art. By the time Hovey left university, it was the early days of social media, with Facebook and MySpace in full swing.

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Illustrators North launches in Northern Ireland to bring together local artists

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Drop In, Exhibit In, Learn In Of course, many illustrators have chosen the more independent freelance path, so Illustrators North's goal is not to change how people work but rather to create opportunities for connection. Exhibit In will be a highly curated annual group show that spotlights the amazing talent of its members. "We

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Illustrator Charles Bailey uses a deliberately naive art style to talk about difficult subjects

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There, his eyes were opened to the various paths he could take as an artist, and since graduating in 2019, he has gone on to become a full-time freelance illustrator with the WWF and the Mental Health Foundation on his client list. In fact, he recently jetted all the way to Bangkok for his first solo exhibition, Rhythm of Rain.

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